Middle East

http://fiammanirenstein.com/articoli.asp?Categoria=5&Id=2704 After the round of applause to Abu Mazen who asked the U.N. Security Council for the recognition of the Palestinian State, the Quartet tries to postpone the decision hoping for the procedures and asking...

As talks resume with the Palestinian Authority, the time has come to ask Israel PM Benyamin Netanyahu if he follows up with vital issues with the PA: 1. Will PM Netanyahu demand that the PA...

http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/2846/jordan-king-abdullah-corruption Facing growing criticism over lack of reforms and transparency, Jordan's King Abdullah has announced an unprecedented crackdown on corruption, sending a number of his former top government officials to prison. But the clampdown has only...

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ Never Forget. Never Again. Words of enormous import that must be addressed with utmost seriousness. Tonight begins Yom Hashoah -- Holocaust Remembrance Day. And so I begin here with a short Aish video that features the...

http://jcpa.org/article/al-qaeda-affiliate-jaish-al-islam-receives-formal-sanctuary-in-hamas-ruled-gaz/ Vol. 8, No. 7 Except for Fatah, the other Palestinian terror organizations in Gaza enjoy full freedom of movement under Hamas rule. Offshoots of al-Qaeda in Gaza include Jaish al-Islam (the Army of Islam), the...

http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/newspaper-cancels-opinion-page-censors-articles-critical-brotherhood Al-Akhbar newspaper, the second largest state-owned newspaper in Egypt, has cancelled the opinion page that often published articles by prominent writers known for their critical views of the Muslim Brotherhood. The privately owned El Badil...

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/election-fever-takes-hold/31365#more-31365 At last count there were at least 40 parties participating in this basic exercise in democracy. People unfamiliar with the Israeli scene always express absolute amazement at the multitude of parties which enter...

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=591068 BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The PLO's top negotiator said Tuesday that a concession by the Arab League that Israel and the Palestinians trade land was already an official position. “This is not something new,” Saeb Erekat...

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/martin-indyk-the-objective-mediator/ Indyk’s record as an objective mediator should be examined. Indyk is generally looked upon as the man who planned the Oslo process that gave Yassir Arafat and the PLO armed control over most of the...

http://www.menewsline.com The Hamas' representative in Turkey has urged Palestinians to intensify attacks on Israel. Saleh Al Arouri, the head of the Hamas delegation in Turkey, issued a statement that called for "painful blows" on Israel. Al...